Martin Bashir just slammed Romney for his 5k Campaign/Relief Rally

[whttevrr]

5k as in... the went to the market and bought 5k worth of canned goods and diapers to do a fake donation rally Campaign thing... I hope people get familiar with Romney's unrepentant duplicity.

:eyeroll:

[ejpoeta]

1. huh? they had people at their rally. are you sure they didn't actually

bring that stuff with them and then bag and box it up? Was this a photo op? for sure. romney doesn't give a shit about any of those people. but i am sure his crowd did.

[Cha]

5. It's already been reported that the mitts went out and bought $5,000 worth of

stuff at walmart. So, yeah, we're sure.

[fleur-de-lisa]

6. Did they photoshop the people at the rally?

For that matter, how do we know the supplies were real? We all know MittWit runs a tight photoshop-eration!!!

[patrice]

7. Daytonians WERE generous, but apparently R/R staffers couldn't just let that be:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/the-making-of-romneys-storm-relief-event

When showtime arrived the following morning, local campaign staffers were pleasantly surprised by their supporters' generosity.

"We were incredibly pleased with the outpouring of support we received from volunteers and generous contributors from southwest and central Ohio," said Christopher Maloney, Romney's Ohio spokesman, adding, "We’re pleased that Ohio could play a role, albeit a minor one, in the relief effort."

Info about the more stagey stuff at the link.

[ejpoeta]

10. it is sad. I didn't want to believe they would do that, though i should have

just known it. Just sad.

[faithfulcitizen]

12. sad & gross.

[frylock]

9. Just grab something

<snip>

The plan was for supporters to bring hurricane relief supplies to the event and then deliver the bags of canned goods, packages of diapers, and cases of water bottles to the candidate, who would be perched behind a table along with a slew of volunteers and his Ohio right-hand man, Senator Rob Portman. To complete the project and photo op, Romney would lead his crew in carrying the goods out of the gymnasium and into the Penske rental truck parked outside.

But the last-minute nature of the call for donations left some in the campaign concerned that they would end up with an empty truck. So the night before the event, campaign aides went to a local Wal-Mart and spent $5,000 on granola bars, canned food, and diapers to put on display while they waited for donations to come in, according to one staffer. (The campaign confirmed that it "did donate supplies to the relief effort," but would not specify how much it spent.)

<snip>

As supporters lined up to greet the candidate, a young volunteer in a Romney/Ryan T-shirt stood near the tables, his hands cupped around his mouth, shouting, "You need a donation to get in line!"

Empty-handed supporters pled for entrance, with one woman asking, "What if we dropped off our donations up front?"

The volunteer gestured toward a pile of groceries conveniently stacked near the candidate. "Just grab something," he said.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/the-making-of-romneys-storm-relief-event

[TexasCPA]

2. My guess is that Romney sold the $5k worth of canned goods to the supporter to "donate"

He probably charged twice what he paid too.

[ffr]

3. This.

DU Link

[whttevrr]

4. He seems offended...

It's as if he is offended to be touching a commoner.

But I do notice people bringing bags... did they all shop at the same place? Or did they hand the bags to them just out of frame?

[onecent]

11. No people in all the pictures..and JUST LOOK AT THAT FACE??? Jesus he acts like he just donated all

of the caymen islands to the relief fund.

[barnabas63]

13. Mitt's lost his mind...

I think he's barely holding it together as it is. After he loses the election, he'll probably become a hermit in one of his mansions and will never be heard from agaon.

[Mme. Defarge]

8. "Crass"

Was Bashir's suggested adjective.